16 August 2016 (Wednesday) - Mosquitoes

When I think of mosquitos I think of malaria. I suppose that is because that is what I do. However I do see (relatively) a lot of negative malarial screens. The immediate reaction to those is “what a waste of my time”, but here’s an article which has reminded me that mosquitos carry far more than just malaria.

• ·         Chikungunya
• ·         Dog Heartworm
• ·         Dengue
• ·         Yellow Fever
• ·         Eastern Equine Encephalitis
• ·         St. Louis Encephalitis
• ·         LaCrosse Encephalitis
• ·         Western Equine Encephalitis
• ·         West Nile Virus
• ·         Zika Virus

So many conditions… not just malaria. It is so easy to get blinkered by my own narrow specialty.